January 2013

Published: September 12, 2013

Oven Roasted

Explore ways to add flavor to your menu through roasting. How do you compensate delivery drivers fairly? How do you streamline delivery with mapping systems? We explore the topics, as well as driver insurance.

Digital Menu Boards

Walk the average commercial block and you may notice a lot more digital signage about.The retail sector, including restaurants, has seen a surge in digital displays. Raf Vanreusel, managing partner at TelemediaVision in Baltimore, Maryland, says reta...

The Driver’s Paycheck

With 130 Dominoโ€™s Pizza outlets under his charge, Glenn Mueller signs plenty of checks for delivery drivers. The head of Gulfport, Mississippi- based RPM Pizza, Mueller, a 30-year veteran of the pizza world, has watched competitors throughout the r...

Il Pizzaiolo: Anthony’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant

When most folks think about Orlando, itโ€™s the theme parks, conventions and tourism that readily come to mind. but for Bronx-native Johnny Markaj, the bustling downtown district is where he has carved a niche for his pizzeria, Anthonyโ€™s Pizzeria &...

Roast `Em

Why bother roasting? Roasting intensifies an ingredientโ€™s natural flavors. it also cooks away the rawness and pulls out some of the moisture that can result in a soggy finished pie. It is a cooking method where the vegetable is exposed directly to ...
Topics Operations

Man on the Street: Undercover as pizza chain delivery driver

After my fifth sub-$1 tip, I decided to stop keeping track altogether. I wasnโ€™t doing this for the money, but if I were I would have been horribly disappointed. I was delivering pizzas for one of the Big Three national chains. Despite being a huge ...
Topics Operations

Ask Big Dave: Start-up worries

Q: Iโ€™m ready to do it, Dave. After attending International Pizza Expo and reading the magazine for a year now, I feel like Iโ€™m learning what it will take to succeed with my own pizza shop. Iโ€™m scared to death. Should I be? Phil Cross Pittsburgh...
Topics Operations

On Ice: Ice machine cleanliness

When restaurants get lax on ice machine cleaning, the results can be chilling โ€” from a failed health inspection to gross news headlines about black mold clogging an ice machine at a local eatery to, in the worse-case scenario, sick customers. Exper...

Respecting the Craft: Making dough

Q: Do you use the same flour in your starter as in your batch? A: Not necessarily. In some cases I may not use a Caputo starter with a Caputo batch. I might use a Central Milling starter, โ€œKeithโ€™s Bestโ€, and use 20 percent of the starter in my ...

Hit the Road: Non-owned auto insurance for delivery drivers

Youโ€™d probably never think of courting disaster by driving around uninsured. Yet, if youโ€™re like many independent pizzeria restaurant owners, chances are youโ€™re unwittingly placing your business in the same kind of jeopardy. How? By not carryin...

The New Paths Of Pizza Delivery

In a typical day, Woodstockโ€™s Pizza in isla vista, California, will make about 60 deliveriesย across the lunch and dinner dayparts. To homes, office complexes, industrial spots and the nearby campus of University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)...

Ricotta: The softer side

Ricotta is one of the most versatile cheeses that is so abundantly available and incredibly easy to use. if youโ€™re not taking advantage of ricotta and its many uses, itโ€™s time to give it a serious look. Over the years through the magazine, Pizza ...

Get Baked

Attention to detail โ€” and patients โ€” delivers superior baked pasta results Hot, hearty and comforting, baked pasta will assuage any winter blues. John Coletta, executive chef/managing partner at Quartino in Chicago, Illinois, has prepared and ser...
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